Strainer.



No. 725,952. I v PATENTED APR. 21, 1903..

M, E GALLAHER.

STRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8, 1902.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY E. GALLAHER,,QF MARSEI LLES, ILLINOIS.

STRAINER.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent no. 725,952, dated April 21, '1903.

Application filed September 8, 1902. Serial No. 122,556. (No model.)

also in obtaining the pulp thereof for butters,

marrnalades, &c. 7 7

My primary object is to provide a strainer of this character of very simple construction,

which can be taken apart readily for cleansing and which is well adapted to the purposes suggested and to otherpurposes.

It may be here remarked that it is a common practice to employ cloths through which to strain the juices of fruit, it being possible to secure a clearer liquid by this method; and one of the objects of the present invenw 3 tion is to provide ready means for securin'g'a cloth in position to be employed as a'strainj ing medium. My invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawings,

in which- Figure 1 represents a sectionalperspective View showing the parts of the improved strainer separated and in the order in which they are to be assembled, and Fig. 2 a broken vertical section of the lower portion of thestrainer with the parts properly assembled.

In the preferred construction I employ a vessel A, having a cylindrical upper portion a; a conical intermediate portiona; a lower cylindrical portion a and an inturned flange a a cloth or fabric retainer B, comprising an annular ring provided on its outer circulars with prongs b; acircular cloth orfabric O, which is stretched across the under side of the ring B and impaled upon the prongs b; a perforate metal disk D a retainer E, having a cylindrical portion e and a conical portion 6; a cover F for the vessel A, and a bail G for the vessel A. The flangea affords a base upon which the cloth 0 and retainer-ring B rest. The prongs b are bent downward slightly, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2. The

cloth is applied to the retainer-ring by bending the circular margin over the prongs and causing the prongs to perforate the cloth, the cloth having sufficient elasticity to cause it to remain tightly stretched after it has been properly applied. The perforated disk D rests upon the upper side of the ring B, and the retainer E fits snugly within the cylindrical portion a of the vessel A, the conical portion 6' forming a continuation of the conicalportion a. When the parts are assembled, as shown in Fig; 2,the disk D serves as a protectionto the cloth,jwhich will prevent undue sagging. The disk D may haveperforations of any desired size.

It is obvious that for some purposes the cloth may be employed without the disk D, and for some purposes the clothand its retainer may be left out, and a metallic straining-disk of any suitable "degree of fineness may be employedin place of .the disk D, the

retainer Eserving to'hold' the disk firmly in place.

The manner of use will be readily understood. For obtaining the juices of fruits the parts maybe assembled as shown in Fig. 2

and the boiled fruit placed in the vessel A, the cover applied, and the juice allowed to drain into a suitable jar. After the juice has been drained offthe cloth may be out OE and .pulp passed through to be used-for making butters, marmalades, &c.

The improved strainer may be employed also for straining milk, lard, &c., and it may be used also as a steamer, the conical portion of the vessel A permitting the vessel to be applied to any suitable kettle. For whatever purpose the improved strainer is used it may be readily taken apart for cleansing purposes and for renewal of the cloth or substitution of a straining-disk of difierent mesh. Obviously one or more clothsflmaybe employed in connection witlfthe retaining-ring 13.

Changes in detailsof construction within the spirit of my invention may be made; Hence no undue limitation should be understood from the foregoing detailed description.

What I regard as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a vessel having a conical portion and beneath said conical portion a cylindrical portion, a suitable straining medium within said cylindrical portion,

3. The combination of a vessel having a cylindrical upper portion a, an intermediate conical portion a, a flanged cylindrical portion a at the base of said conical portion, a suitable straining medium, and a retainer E having acylindrical portion fitting within the cylindrical portion a and conical portion forming a prolongation of the conical portion a, for the purpose set forth.

MARY E. GALLAHER.

In presence of- RosA B. GALLAHER, ERNEST S. GooDELL. 

